# Provus

> Provus builds cloud software for estimating, pricing and quoting services. Its enterprise platform and CPQ Express connect project scope, resource costs, approvals and proposals, with AI agents supporting quote creation and deal analysis. Customers include Thoughtworks, Trace3, GlobalLogic and Prolifics.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, United States
- **Founders:** Mahesh Baxi (Co-founder; CEO in the 2022 funding announcement), Stawan Kadepurkar (Co-founder and CEO, identified in 2025-2026 publications), Ganesh Ramachandran (Co-founder and CTO at founding; current role unverified)
- **Products:** Provus Enterprise / Services Quoting Cloud, AI Revenue and Margin Goal Seek, Provus AI, CPQ Express
- **Notable:** Raised a $12 million Series A led by Norwest in July 2022., Secured publicly announced customers including Prolifics and Trace3., Launched an agentic services quoting platform in October 2025.

## Products & services

- **Provus Enterprise / Services Quoting Cloud** — Services CPQ for collaborative scoping, estimation, advanced pricing, scenario modeling, approvals, document generation and reporting. Historically built on Salesforce.
- **AI Revenue and Margin Goal Seek** — AI-supported optimization of quote scenarios against revenue and margin objectives.
- **Provus AI** — Agentic quoting layer introduced with Quote Optimizer, Deal Predictor, Proposal Response, Deal Rescue and Provus Admin; supports discovery documents and CRM, ERP and PSA context.
- **CPQ Express** — Subscription quoting product for growing services teams with 10-100 employees, offering catalog-based AI quotes, resource roles, rate cards, PDF export and a 30-day trial.

## Achievements

- Raised a $12 million Series A led by Norwest in July 2022.
- Secured publicly announced customers including Prolifics and Trace3.
- Launched an agentic services quoting platform in October 2025.
- Company reports a 70% reduction in quote cycle time; no independently verified baseline supplied.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — June 18 demo recap describes Drewvus email-to-quote workflows, Value Pricing and Quote Optimizer, with human review.
- **2026-04** — April 3 Thoughtworks recap describes standardizing sales stages, CRM use, forecasting and deal coaching before deploying AI.
- **2025-11** — Announced a Kantata partnership linking quoting to project execution.

## Links

- Website: https://provus.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/provusinc/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ProvusInc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProvusAI

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Last updated: 2026-10-03